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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Cannot Locate Browseui.Dll
1. Restart the computer. Press 'F8' on your keyboard when the BIOS information is displayed. Choose the 'Safe Mode with Command Prompt' option.
2. Insert the Windows XP CD-ROM. Type 'cd\windows\system32' at Command Prompt. Now type 'ren browseui.dll browseui.old' and press 'Enter.'
3. Change to your CD-ROM directory by typing the CD drive letter followed by a colon, and press 'Enter.' The CD-ROM drive letter is usually E, D, or F. Type 'cd i386' and press 'Enter.' Type 'expand Browseui.dl_ %Windir%\System32\Browseui.dll,' and then press 'Enter.' Make sure you type it exactly as it is here.
4. Press 'CTRL' + 'ALT' + 'DEL' on your keyboard, and restart the computer.
5. Load Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer to make sure the problem has been fixed. If you see an error message stating that 'Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close,' you need to unregister and then reregister the browseui.dll file. To do this, Click 'Start,' click 'Run' and then type 'cmd' and click OK.
6. Type 'cd\windows\system32' at the command prompt and press 'Enter.' Type 'regsvr32 browseui.dll /u,' and press 'Enter.' Type 'regsvr32 browseui.dll,' and press 'Enter.' Type 'exit' and press 'Enter' to close the Command Prompt window. Restart the computer.